Eimer 1000, BHM 660.
100mm. Lead. 110.8g. By P. Wyon, after Rouw, published by E. Thomason.
Uniface lead medal featuring draped bust of Matthew Boulton. This medal features the modified legend Matthaeus rather than Matthew.
Good Very Fine and struck with an incredibly deep profile. Extremely rare.
Thomason was anxious to produce a high quality medal which would reflect Boulton's importance. It was engraved by Peter Wyon based on a wax model of Boulton by Peter Rouw. Thomason wrote in his 1845 memoir "It was the deepest cut die then extant, and upwards of four inches in diameter, supposed to be the largest medal in Europe, and of the highest relief." There was later some argument about the claim to be the largest medal in Europe but it is undoubtedly a major technical achievement and was exhibited at the Royal Society. Most of the medals were struck in bronze, only two examples were recorded as being struck in silver.